Lenovo Yoga Pro 7i 14" (Gen 9) vs 9i 14" (Gen 9)

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Review

Evaluation of Lenovo Yoga Pro 7i 14" (Gen 9) and 9i 14" (Gen 9) important characteristics
Performance
System and application performance
Gaming
Performance in popular 3D games
Display
Viewing angle, color accuracy, brightness
Battery Life
Potential battery life in light and average use
Connectivity
Ports, webcam and other interfaces
Portability
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Key Differences

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Advantages of the Lenovo Yoga Pro 7i 14" (Gen 9)
  • Can run popular games at about 837-1141% higher FPS
Advantages of the Lenovo Yoga 9i 14" (Gen 9)
  • Higher screen refresh rate: 120 versus 90 Hz
  • Slightly easier to carry: weighs 170 grams less (around 0.37 lbs)
  • Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 3 versus 2
  • Around 16% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench R23 test
  • Display has support for touch input
  • Better webcam recording quality
  • 17% sharper screen – 243 versus 208 pixels per inch (PPI)
  • Smaller footprint: 7% more compact case (106.5 vs 114.2 square inches)
  • Provides 14% higher max. screen brightness: 400 vs 350 nits

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Tests and Specifications

Comparison table of test results and technical specs

Case

Weight 1.49 kg (3.29 lbs) 1.32 kg (2.91 lbs)
Dimensions 325.5 x 226.49 x 15.6 mm
12.81 x 8.92 x 0.61 inches
315 x 218 x 15.3 mm
12.4 x 8.58 x 0.6 inches
Area 737 cm2 (114.3 inches2) 687 cm2 (106.4 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~82.7% ~82.8%
Side bezels 6.6 mm 6.8 mm
Colors Gray, Green Gray, Blue
Material Aluminum Aluminum
Transformer No Yes
Opening angle 180° 360°
Size comparison
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active Active
Vapor chamber No No
Liquid metal No No
Number of fans 2 2
Noise level (max. load) 38 dB 46.2 dB

Display

Size 14.5 inches 14 inches
Type IPS LCD OLED
Refresh rate 90 Hz 120 Hz
PPI 208 ppi 243 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:10 16:10
Resolution 2560 x 1600 pixels 2880 x 1800 pixels
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Sync technology No No
Touchscreen No Yes
Coating Matte Glossy
Ambient light sensor Yes Yes
Screen space comparison
Yoga Pro 7i 14" (Gen 9)
14.5″ (16:10 ratio) = 94.5 in2
Yoga 9i 14" (Gen 9)
14″ (16:10 ratio) = 88.1 in2
~7% more screen space
Display tests
Contrast 1500:1 1000000:1
sRGB color space 100% 100%
Adobe RGB profile 86.9% 97.3%
DCI-P3 color gamut 98.4% 100%
Response time 24 ms 1 ms
Max. brightness

Battery

Capacity
Full charging time 1:30 hr 1:30 hr
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Fast charging Yes Yes
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes Yes
Charging port position Left Left
Charge power 100 / 140 W 65 W
Weight of AC adapter 395 grams 268 grams

CPU

CPU name
Base frequency 1.2 GHz 1.4 GHz
Turbo frequency 4.5 GHz 4.8 GHz
Cores 14 (4P + 10E) 16 (6P + 10E)
Threads 18 22
L3 Cache 18 MB 24 MB
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (7-Cores) Arc Graphics (8-Cores)
Fabrication process 7 nm 7 nm

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Graphics Card

GPU name
TGP 60 W -
Nvidia Optimus Yes, Advanced Optimus -
Type Dedicated Integrated
Fabrication process 5 nm 5 nm
FLOPS 9.4 TFLOPS 0.58-0.6 TFLOPS
Memory size 6 GB System Shared
Memory type GDDR6 LPDDR5X
Memory bus 96 bit -
Memory speed ~16 Gbps 7.47 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 2560 128
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 80 8
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 32 4
GPU performance
9.4 TFLOPS
0.58-0.6 TFLOPS

RAM

RAM size
Channels 2x8 GB 2x8 GB
Clock 7467 MHz 7467 MHz
Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Upgradable No No

Storage

Storage size
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
Storage type SSD (M2) SSD (M2)
Channels 1x512 GB 1x512 GB
Upgradable Yes Yes
Total slots 2 1
NVMe Yes Yes

Sound

Audio chip Realtek ALC3306 Realtek ALC3306
Speakers 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers) 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers)
Power 4x2W 2x2W, 2x2W
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Loudness ~84 dB ~85.5 dB
Microphones 4 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v6E v6E
Bluetooth v5.3 v5.3
Fingerprint No Yes
Infrared sensor Yes Yes
Optical drive No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 1920 x 1080 2560 x 1440
Ports
USB-A 1x USB 3.2 1x USB 3.2
USB Type-C 2x USB 3.2 3x USB 4.0
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4 Thunderbolt 4
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1 No
DisplayPort No No
VGA No No
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes Yes
Ethernet (RJ45) No No
SD card reader No No
Proprietary charging port No No

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island Island
Numpad No No
Backlight Yes Yes
Key travel 1.5 mm 1.5 mm
Touchpad
Size 13.5 x 8.0 cm 13.5 x 8.0 cm
Surface Glass Glass
Windows Precision Yes Yes
Further details
Notes on Yoga Pro 7i 14" (Gen 9):
    - Configurations with integrated graphics come with two M2 SSD slots.
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